BREAKING: In a letter to President Trump, Rep. Ayanna Pressley and Sen. Elizabeth Warren outline a plan for urgent executive action to reduce the federal prison population in light of COVID-19. pressley.house.gov/sites/pressley… 
"We have grave concerns that without urgent action it is just a matter of time before our nation’s correctional facilities and detention centers, and the detainees and correction officers who live and work in them, are devastated by this pandemic,” they write.
The Pressley-Warren proposal includes commuting sentences of older and medically vulnerable incarcerated people; providing early release to those with less than a year remaining; and releasing anyone held on a pretrial basis.
"This is an opportunity to set an example, so that state and local officials will understand the importance of taking similar actions in their jails and prisons, to start saving lives."
"For millions of incarcerated people, COVID-19 should not be a death sentence.”
"For millions of incarcerated people, COVID-19 should not be a death sentence.”
